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Kubernetes v1.36: User Namespaces in Kubernetes are finally GA(opens in new tab)
After several years of development, User Namespaces support in Kubernetes reached General Availability (GA) with the v1.36 release. This is a Linux-only feature. For those of us working on low level container runtimes and rootless technologies, this has been a ...
Add missing terminal prompt in code block (opens in new tab)
2.5 Admins 296: Beware of the Leopard(opens in new tab)
Paul Graham, Lisp, and Clojure(opens in new tab)
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced doesn’t include the Freedom Cry DLC, Ubisoft say they made a “clear choice” to focus on Edward’s adventure(opens in new tab)
Yep, after years of messages in bottles washing ashore in the form of reports claiming Ubisoft are remaking Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, it’s finally coming on July 9th. I've seen the newly dubbed Black Flag Resynced and all the tweaks ...
Why prediction markets are a sure sign that our civilisation is in decay(opens in new tab)
Prediction markets are the clearest single sign our civilisation has entered a late and decadent stage. The reason isn't that they're new or sinister. It's that the case for them is defensible, the technology works, the outputs are useful, but ...
It’s a lot to process(opens in new tab)
… everything. I need to know less, but I know more. Trying to cultivate a life which allows me to know less while still participating in society requires me to...
Add List PRs Awaiting Your Review as a GitHub TIL (opens in new tab)
What I did on Parental Leave(opens in new tab)
I get this question a lot so wanted to summarize what I've been up to all in one place. In 2026.01 I started my 16 week parental leave for my first born. Here's what I did. Parenting First and foremos...
Equity for Europeans(opens in new tab)
If you spend enough time in US business or finance conversations, one word keeps showing up: equity. Coming from a German-speaking, central European background, I found it surprisingly hard to fully internalize what that word means. More than that, I ...
I released a song for the first time in 15 years(opens in new tab)
Everyone should make music in some shape or form. You don’t even have to be very good at it.
Own Your Web – Issue 18: Curators(opens in new tab)
Hi All! 🤗 The Latin word curare means “to take care of.” It’s the root of curator – a person whose work is not to create, but to care. To select, to arrange, to provide context. In a museum, the ...
Norman Merz 1926-2026(opens in new tab)
We are heartbroken to share that my father, Norman Merz, passed on April 20. He was 99. Dad was born in Newark, grew up in South Orange during the Depression, served in the Navy during World War II, and then ...
SELinux Volume Label Changes goes GA (and likely implications in v1.37)(opens in new tab)
If you run Kubernetes on Linux with SELinux in enforcing mode, plan ahead: a future release (anticipated to be v1.37) is expected to turn the SELinuxMount feature gate on by default. This makes volume setup faster for most workloads, but ...
A little bit Black & White, a little bit Fable, Molyneux's citybuilder Masters Of Albion has the potential to break free of its influences – but it has a lot of work to do(opens in new tab)
Every time the ghoul smacks his hands against my crypt, a red light pulses and sends cracks spiderwebbing across my screen. If I don't beat down the undead creature soon, he'll break into the tomb and kill my character in ...
After an hour in the beta, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is both a limp Mass Effect and a leaden interpretation of a very good TV show(opens in new tab)
It's early days for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, but I can say confidently after an hour with a beta version that I don't want to have sex with anybody in it. The TV show (I've not read the books – ...
High-Quality Chaos(opens in new tab)
As I have been preparing slides for my coming talk at foss-north on April 28, 2026 I figured I could take the opportunity and share a glimpse of the current reality here on my blog. The high quality chaos era, ...
Coding is a Meta-Task(opens in new tab)
Coding is a Meta-Task/images/blog/coding-is-a-meta-task/header.webp/images/blog/coding-is-a-meta-task/header.webp I think a lot of people are confused about modern AI models being mostly "coding models", and thinking that because of this they're not good for other types of work. I think that's th...
Cryptographic Right Answers: Post Quantum Edition(opens in new tab)
There recently has been a lot of noise about quantum computing breakthroughs recently after Google's articles Quantum frontiers may be closer than they appear and Safeguarding cryptocurrency by disclosing quantum
Collaborative Editing as Progressive Enhancement(opens in new tab)
Why High-Level Rust Wins Over Other High-Level Languages for Agentic Engineering(opens in new tab)
For the past couple months I've been writing High-Level Rust which gives ~80% of its benefits with ~20% of its pain. One of the biggest pieces of feedback I've gotten is why not just use a high-level ...
Kubernetes v1.36: ハル (Haru)(opens in new tab)
Editors: Chad M. Crowell, Kirti Goyal, Sophia Ugochukwu, Swathi Rao, Utkarsh Umre Similar to previous releases, the release of Kubernetes v1.36 introduces new stable, beta, and alpha features. The consistent delivery of high-quality releases underscores the strength of our development ...
What you can do in a decade(opens in new tab)
I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more useful reflections.
Compare AI Coding Agents and Terminals on Terminal Trove(opens in new tab)
Added AI coding agents, more terminals, terminal bench benchmarks and new comparison tables on Terminal Trove.
hzfind(opens in new tab)
A CLI/TUI to find the best Hetzner Server Auction deals.
Luddites and burning down AI datacenters(opens in new tab)
Add Access Variables Outside Loop Scope as a Python TIL (opens in new tab)
Mechanical Keyboards for Disabilities and Accessibility(opens in new tab)
10,000-watt GPU meet 40-watt lump of meat(opens in new tab)
The use of AI is leading to burnout among its greatest advocates as they hit the limit of their meta-cognitive abilities: “I end each day exhausted—not from the work itself, but from the managing of the work. Six worktrees open, ...
Moving to Lisp from C++ felt like freedom(opens in new tab)
Gateway API v1.5: Moving features to Stable(opens in new tab)
The Kubernetes SIG Network community presents the release of Gateway API (v1.5)! Released on February 27, 2026, version 1.5 is our biggest release yet, and concentrates on moving existing Experimental features to Standard (Stable). The Gateway API v1.5.1 patch release ...
Web tools are cool(opens in new tab)
My website has a new page! The /uses URL pathname is an “official” slash page. I’m only listing web tools I use for now. My default apps change too frequently. The list is an evolution of an old post I ...
Are Pragmata’s hack-filled shootouts thrilling, or fatiguing? How Capcom’s shooter tackles the age-old challenge of blending action with puzzles(opens in new tab)
Pragmata is the new third-person moonbase shooter from Capcom in which you play Hugh, a gruff spacedad, with a small girl android named Diana riding around on your back. The game's core gimmick is that Diana can (and, indeed, must) ...
Celebrating computers at Omacon(opens in new tab)
AI Reveals Why BI Still Matters(opens in new tab)
Ask a BI engineer what they actually spend their time on: it’s not building dashboards. More often: fixing the join that broke in the overnight pipeline, untangling the metric definition that means three different things to three different teams, or ...
How to buy a used graphics card: spotting scams and dodging duds in the memory shortage crisis(opens in new tab)
Oh boy, you’re looking to buy a new graphics card in 2026. As exciting as that is, howeber, there is one big catch: you have to buy a new graphics card in 2026. The impact of ongoing memory shortages is ...
Stories from Alaska Folk Fest 2026(opens in new tab)
[Folk Fest] is not an intellectual experience, it’s an emotional experience. Bob Banghart Visiting Alaska gives me the feeling that people are chasing after when they travel: a little taste of what it’s like to be a part of another ...
#477: Lazy, Frozen, and 31% Lighter(opens in new tab)
Topics covered in this episode: Django Modern Rest Already playing with Python 3.15 Cutting Python Web App Memory Over 31% tryke - A Rust-based Ptyhon test runner with a Jest-style API Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored ...
GOOSE IT UP(opens in new tab)
I’m in school1 again. I’m going back to school because my work, my entire career, for my entire adult life, has been writing things for the Internet. That’s going away,...
How we lost the living Now(opens in new tab)
Before 1840, noon in Bristol happened about ten minutes after noon in London, and nobody much cared. The railway needed a common minute or it couldn't run - and that common minute is now a common nanosecond, shipped in real ...
Build yourself flowers(opens in new tab)
This is an edited transcript of the keynote I gave at the Applied Machine Learning Conference in Charlottesville, VA in April 2026. I first wrote a draft of this talk by hand. This part took 2 months. I then recorded ...
Weak vs. Strong AI Rollouts(opens in new tab)
Weak vs Strong AI Rollouts diagram/images/weak-vs-strong-ai-rollouts.webp/images/weak-vs-strong-ai-rollouts.webp I get to see and help with a lot of Anterprise AI rollouts. Some are brilliant, but most even in 2026 are surprisingly bad. I've been thinking about and trying to summarize what I ...
Hook It Up to the Machine(opens in new tab)
In the early 2000’s, my parents took us on a road trip to Glacier National Park in Montana. We made the journey in our new (used) family van: a green Dodge Caravan whose reputation was soon to become “a lemon”. ...
Why one of the world's largest digital banks chose Clojure and Datomic(opens in new tab)
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Just have such strong nostalgia for this song. Still slaps. Close second from MC Chris. Curious, this record isn’t streaming anywhere, and he just makes the album available as downloadable MP3’s in a Google Drive.
The Sunday Papers(opens in new tab)
Sundays are for watching Youtube videos about different types of laminate primer and working out if you've taken on too much by redecorating the kitchen. One video will recommend one brand and 120 grain sandpaper, another will talk about MDF ...
Dice rolling and more on Minimal Character Sheet(opens in new tab)
AI SaaS Replacement is the Fire of Fires(opens in new tab)
AI SaaS Replacement is the Fire of Fires/images/blog/the-fire-of-fires/header.webp Added to my reminders this week: - Cancel Zapier - Cancel Resend - Cancel Figma - Cancel Canva - Cancel Browserbase - Cancel Supabase Recreated all this in my own PAI harness ...
What are we all playing this weekend?(opens in new tab)
I don’t know about you, readers, but this past week’s gone by in a bit of a blur. Did I volunteer to take WAWAPs for today, or was I forced at Ziff Davis canteen sporkpoint? I can’t even remember, but ...
